radiator

[GTIR1000]

hello there evryone just bought an r so dont know that much about them apart from all i have read on here and in a buying guide i have. I bought the car last friday and it has a front mount intercooler on it with built in radiator, today i opened the radiaor and found it has a brown liquid in it, i tested it for antifreeze and it has quite alot in i first thought it was oil but i took some out and it doesnt have any oil in it why is it this colour the car has recently had a recon head. is it worth flushing the radiator and the coolant system or could this be something serious.

cheers james

 

[flying postman]

if im right someone can correct me if im wrong but ur themostat maybe playing up thats creating the furring of the water and antifreeze worth flushing out the system

 

[antilag]

u sure its not just rusty water?

 

[flying postman]

hopefully its that but if left the thermostat starts blocking up

 

[antilag]

well easy to check if thermostats working run car up to temp then hold ya hand on the top hose and the bottom the top one shud b red hot and barely b able to hold it where as the bottom will b hot but u shud feel the temp difference and b able to hold it

 

[Fast Guy]

Some anti freezes are orange.

Would we get rusty water with having an ally engine?

 

[antilag]

yeh wen i mean rusty dnt b looking for coffee water

i always used water in the past and it always went dirty brown colours and it didnt taste very nice either

 

[GTIR1000]

cheers for the quick replies is there any way of checking for definite it isnt oil in the water, because i was only told it didnt have oil in it by the person who checked it. also in the week i noticed it was over heating i was told it could be the thermostat so was advised to take it out see how it ran and now it is spot on no overheating at all

 

[Anonymous]

well easy to check if thermostats working run car up to temp then hold ya hand on the top hose and the bottom the top one shud b red hot and barely b able to hold it where as the bottom will b hot but u shud feel the temp difference and b able to hold it

What if your bottom pipe is red hot too :?: